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llllll UNLiTED STATES PATENT Grinch.

HENRY LACASSE AND SOL. \VILE, OF ROCHESTER, NEYV YORK, ASSIGNORS TO THE BOTTLERS SPECIALTY COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MECHANISM FOR WIRING BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 443,194, dated December 23, 1890.

Application filed November 15, 1889. $erial No. 330,257. (No model.)

To aZZ 1071,0122, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENRY LACASSE and Son-1V ILE, of Roch ester, in the county of Monroe, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in a Mechanism for lViring Bottles, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to an improved wiring mechanism, and has for its object the production of a simple and effective device which rapidly and automatically feeds out strands of wire, as desired, and secures them to a suitable article with their extremities proj ecting therefrom, twists together said projecting extremities, and then severs the wire from the feeding mechanism; and to this end it consists, essentially, in wire-securing jaws of novel and peculiar construction, a lever for forcing said jaws toward and away from the article to be-wired, alever for raising and lowering said jaws, mechanism for rotating the jaws and twisting together the projecting extremities of the wire, aclutch for throwing said twisting mechanism into operation at the desired moment, and wire cutters and holders movable toward and away from the path of the wire-securing mechanism for operating upon the wire and then removing out of the path of the feeding mechanism.

It also consists in the detail construction and arrangement of the parts, all as hereinafter more particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,in which like letters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 represents a plan View of our improved Wiring mechanism with the feeding mechanism registered with the top of the bottle and the cutting mechanism removed out of the path of said feeding mechanism. Fig. 5 2 is an elevation of one side of the parts as illustrated in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a like view to Fig. 2, illustrating the securing-jaws of the feeding mechanism as dropped below the top of the bottle for securing the wire thereto. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view on line y y of Fig. 1, showing the mechanism of the wire holders and cutters. Fig.0 is an enlarged detail elevation illustrating the securingjaws in the position assumed after feeding out the wire and twisting together the separate feeding strands. Fig. 6 is a sectional View taken on line so 00 of Fig. 5, showing-the upper part in broken section. Fig. 7 is an enlarged plan of our improved shuttle and wire-securing jaws. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section of the parts illustrated in Fig. 7. Fig.

9 is a'longitudinal section of the retainingpin for the wire-carrier spool of the shuttle. Fig. 10 is a plan view of the bottle, the twisted wire, and the end of the shuttle-jaws. Fig. 11 is an elevation of the detached wire cutters and holders. Fig. 12 is a plan view of the parts illustrated in Fig. 11. Fig. 13 is an edge view of the parts shown in Figs. 11 and 12, illustrating particularly the construction. of the holding-jaws. Fig. 14 is a section on line 14; 14 of Fig. 11, illustrating the cutting-jaws. Fig. 15 is a like sectional view taken on line 15 15 of Fig. 11, illustrating the holding-jaws. Fig. 16 is a sectional view of the mechanism for rotating the shuttle, showing in elevation the clutch for throwing the same into gear. Fig. 17 is a vertical section taken on line 17 17 of Fig. 16. Fig. 18

is a face view of the actuating-gear for ro- 8o tating the shuttle. Fig. 19 is a face view of the disk locked to the shaft of said actuating-gear. Fig. 20 is a perspective of the locking-dog of the clutch, and Fig. 21 is a perspective view of the head and neck of a bot- S5 tle wired according to our invention.

Our improved wiring mechanism is mounted upon any suitable supporting-frame A, the one illustrated being the frame of our improved machine for corking bottles and wiring the corks thereto in pending application, Serial No. 319,355. We have, however, illustrated none of the corking mechanism of said improved machine, since our improved wiringmachine may be used with good effect upon 5 other styles of machine than that described and shown in said pending application.

Mounted upon the table A is a suitable bracket B, which supports the sh uttle-shaft C. As will be hereinafter described, we prefer to so construct our wiring mechanism that. the shuttle shaft thereof has an up-and-down movement, and consequently the supporting hub or sleeve 12 of the shaftO is provided with an aunt), pivoted at b to said bracket I3. The shuttle D is of novel and peculiar construction, and consists of a frame D, a spool D and yielding wire-securing jaws or arms E. The frame D is secured to the shuttleshaft 0 by means ofa set-screw or other suitable means, and is provided with a cut-out, in which is secured the wire spool D The preferable manner of securing said spool is by means of a pin F, having the head f, which registers with a countersunk shoulder d in the shuttle-frame, and the spring shoulder or dog f, which engages a countersunk shoulder d of said frame. This dog f is mounted in a slot f in the pin F, and is provided with a tooth f constantly forced outward by means of a spring f. \V hen desired to secure the spool to the frame D, the same is held in its approximate position, and the pin F is forced into the frame and the central pivotal opening of said spool, whereupon the spring-dog f is immediately forced inward against the action of the spring f and when the head f contacts with the countersunk shoulder (Z the said spring-dog then springs outward and engages the shoulder d of said frame. It will thus be seen that the'spool is very readily mounted in operative position and is securely held by means of the spring retaining-pin. Moreover, the countersunk engaging shoulders of the frame prevent any portion of said pin protruding beyond the frame with the exception, if desired, of the end of the springdogf, which may project a trifle in order to render the same more accessible when desired to force it backward into the slot f in order to remove the spool.

In operating our improved wiring mechanism it is necessary to use two feedingstrands, and in order to renderthe tension equal upon said strands we preferably wind them both upon the same spool.

In our Patent No. 406,450 we illustrated a spool in which both strands were wound side by side; but experience has demonstrated that the best results are obtained by providing said spool with a partition D and winding each strand upon the separate divisions of said spool.

Provided at the forward face or edge of the wire-carrier frame I) is the ear or ears D, to which at e are pivoted the wiresecuring jaws E, formed with their forward ends approximated and their adjacent edges rounded from each other in order that the said jaws may readily encircle the top of a bottle or other article to which it is desired to secure the wire. Secured upon the separate jawsE and projecting upon either side of the pivot-points e are shoulders or arms E, between which and the frame D are interposed the springs E for approximating the free extremities of said jaws. Formed upon thesejaws are stopshoulders E normally bearing against the frame D and preventing the too near approximation of the free extremities of saidjaws.

The separate strands of wire are fed through tremity secured to the frame D and the other bearing against the spool D A set-screw e movable in the frame D, bears against the free extremity of the said spring and forces the same with greater or less force against said spool.

The shuttle is actuated toward the bottle by by a lever G, pivoted at g to an arm A of the frame A, and as best shown in Fig. 6, this lever is provided with the projecting pin g, which engages a sliding sleeve or collar 0, looked upon the shuttle-shaft O. Secured to the upper extremity of said lever G is the plate G, also provided with a projecting pin g, which engages the opposite periphery of said collar 0. A suitable cam 11 engages with a stud G formed upon the lever G, thus forcing said lever backward and forward and operatingthe shuttle and wire-securing arms toward and away from the bottle. This cam is mounted upon a suitable shaft 11, connected by suitable gearing H to the main shaft H of our improved wiring mechanism. The portion h of the cam H forces forward the lever G, and is preferably so shaped as to act quickly in order to increase the capacity of the machine. Just before the stud G has reached the limit of this portion h the pin or projection t', formed or provided upon the cam H, contacts with a bell-crank lever I, pivoted at "L" to a bracket I, and forces the shuttle-shaft upward in order that the shuttle may be elevated above the top of the bottle. This lever is connected to the shuttle-shaft by the loose sleeve or collar I pivoted at 1 to an arm I of said leverI. Immediately after the raising of the shaft 0 and just before the retraction of the shuttle or wire-carrier the pin t passes from engagement with the lever I, and said shuttle and shaft then fall downward by gravity, causing the wire-securing jaws to encircle the top of the bottle. The undue downward movement of the shuttle and its shaft is prevented by the contact of the leverI with a pin 2' formed upon the bracket 1. During the dropping of the shuttle-shaft the stud G is engaged with the portion h of the cam H, which is so shaped that said shaft is not Withdrawn, and immediately after the dropping of the shuttle-shaft the portion 7R of the retracting part of the cam II engages said cam, which is so shaped as to retract the shuttle quickly. During this retraction the sh Little-jaws E are forced apart against the action of their springs E and ride around the side of the bottle, catching the wire beneath the ridge thereof, in the plane of which said jaws are then supported. Immediately after the retraction of the shut,-

- from said point.

tle-jawsclear of the bottle the shuttle-shaft C is rotated by means of mechanism presently explained, and the separate strands of wire are then twisted together. During the commencement of the operation of the wiretwisting mechanism the stud G is engaged with the portion h of the cam H, which is so shaped as to retract the shuttle but very slowly, ifat all, in order that a desired number of tight twists maybe made immediately next to the bottle. After the forming of these tight twists the said stud G is then engaged with the portion h of the cam ILWhich is of such form as to retractsaid shuttle more quickly and cause the wire to be more loosely twisted. After a sufficient length of wire is twisted the wire-holders presently described are engaged with the wire and are impinged thereagainst, whereupon the stud G is engaged with the portion 7L5 of the cam H,which is so shaped as not to retract said shuttle, in order that a certain number of tight twists may be formed immediately next to the extremities of the shuttle-jaws.

The shaft 0 is revolved by means of a gear J, provided with a spline or feather sliding in a keyway provided in said shaft, in order that said gear may be constantly engaged during the forward and backward movement of said shaft. This gear engages with a gear K, loosely mounted upon the shaft K of our wiring mechanism, and is constantly held thereagainst by the back-stop 7& or other suitable device.

Suitable gearing K communicates motion to the shaft K from the motor-shaft H and these separate shafts are suitably timed in relation to each other, so that while the shuttle-shaft is being withdrawn by connection with the shaft 1-1 the twisting mechanism is operated from the shaft K, and, as presently explained, the wire cutting and holding mechanism is also operated from the shaft H As the twisting mechanism is only operated intermittently, it is necessary to provide suitable clutch mechanism to connect and disconnect the loose gear K from the shaft K, which mechanism we will now proceed to describe.

Provided upon the shaft II is the cam L, which engages a lever L, pivoted at Z to the bracket 15. Secured to the shaft K is the disk or plate K with which the loose gear K is locked by a suitable clutch device. 'As illustrated, this clutch consists of a springactuated dog L mounted in areeess K provided in the hub of said gear K and secured in said recess by screws. The free extremity of said dog is preferably forced outward by a spring L", and is provided with the projecting point It and the inclined face 7c, inclining When the cam L has forced outward the upper extremity of the lever L, the said dog L immediately engages the loose gear K with the disk K whereupon the rotation of the shuttle-shaft immediately commences. \Yhen the desired length of wire has been twisted together, the cam L forces inward the upper extremity of said lever L, which extremitythen engages the inclined face It, forcing the same backward and disengaging the tooth or projection 7t from the disk K In order to. prevent the continued rotation of said loose gear K, which might occur from the momentum thereof, the upper extremity of the lever L engages a cut-out provided in said gear, and also preferably contacts with the underneath face of the tooth k of the dog L As previously referred to, after the retraction of the shuttle the wire' cutters and holders, which are normally out of the path of said shuttle, as illustrated in Fig. 1, are forced into said path and engage the wire; These wire holders and cutters may be of suitable form or construction, but are here illustrated as jaws mounted upon the separate levers M and N, secured to a pivotal bolt 0. The preferable manner of rotating this bolt and swinging the said wire cutters and holders into the path of the twisted wire consists in securing to said bolt a rock-arm P, connected by a link P to a cross-head R, guided in ways 0", formed upon a bracket R, projecting from the frame A. This cross-head is pivoted or otherwise connected to a link S, pivoted at s to a link 5-, pivoted on the shaft K. Formed upon the link 5 is a )ro'ection s which en a es a groove 5 formed in the cam S, mounted on the shaft H The central part of the cam S or the cam-tooth S of the cam S forces forward the cross-head R, and the face .9, formed upon the groove 5 of the cam, contacts with the projection s and retracts said cross-head.

The lever M, upon which are mounted the holding-jaw U and the cutting-j aw V, is loose upon its supporting-bolt 0; but the lever N for operating said jaws is rigidly secured to said'bolt O by any suitable means, and preferably by a square socket engaginga squareshaped portion thereof. The opposite holding and cutting jaws U and W are pivoted,

respectively, at their upper extremity at u and w to the respective holding and cutting jaws U and V. The lower extremities of these jaws U and \V are provided with slots it and -w,through which passes the free extremity of the lever N.

When the crosshead R is forced forward, swinging the levers M and N, so that the holding and cutting jaws are engaged with the wire, the forward movement of the lever M is occasioned by means of springs V, secured to the jaws U and \V, mounted on the said lever and bearing against the fixed lever N. After the said wire isengagedwith these jaws the lever M contacts with the stop m, form ed upon the supporting-bracket m of the bolt 0, and prevents the further movement of said lever. The actuating parts of the said cutting mechanism are so arranged, however, that there is stilla slight movement of the cross head R, which forces forward the lever N, and this forward movement is allowed by reason of the compression of the springs V. The respective holding and cutting jaws consist of plates sliding one upon the other, and upon this last movement of the lever N the cutting-jaws shear off the wire. The holding-jaws, however, are provided with projecting faces or lugs a so formed in relation to the cutting-jaws that they do not engage the wire as soon, and therefore merely pinch the same between said jaws 10 Immediately after the pinching of the wire by the said holding-jaws the stoppage of the backward movement of the shuttle occurs and the remaining few rotations of the shuttle take place, which form the tight twist immediately next to the shuttle arms or jaws. After the forming of these twists the crosshead is immediately retracted, as described,

and the wire cutters and holders are then oscillated out of the path of the wire-shuttle, which is immediately moved forward by the cam H.

As seen in the drawings, we prefer to use two shuttles and so arrange them and their operating mechanism that the wire-securing jaws meet each other at an angle, or, in other words, are movable toward and away from the bottle in lines at an angle with each other. These separate shuttles are preferably operated simultaneously by their connected actuating mechanism, and thus secure the Wire to the bottle, with its extremities projecting therefrom at an angle with each other.

The wire holding and cutting mechanism is preferably mounted between the feeding mechanism and is movable toward and away from the same.

The operation of our invention is as follows: The bottle is placed upon its support T. The shuttles are then actuated forward to Y register the wire-securing jaws with the top of the bottle. The said jaws are then depressed below the top of the bottle, securing the strands of wire to the bottle, with their extremities projecting from one side thereof. The securing-jaws are then retracted around the bottle, and after said retraction the said jaws are rotated,-forming tight twists adjacent to the bottle. The said jaws are then retracted totheir backward position, feeding and twisting the separate strands of Wire.

The holding and cutting jaws are then forced to operative position and the securing-jaws rotated to form tight twists adjacent to the shuttle, and, finally, the wire-cutting jaws are operated.

Our improved wiring mechanism applies separated strands of wire to the bottle, with tion and arrangement of the parts of our invention, and that therefore we do not limit ourselves to its precise form and construction.

Having thusfully described our invention, wh at we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a shuttle, the combination of a frame, a double spool mounted on said frame and constructed to feed separate ends of wire, a

removable pin for normally retaining said spool in its operative position, a spring dog or shoulder for securing said pin to said frame, and a pair of spring-actuated feeding-jaws supported on said frame for-feeding said separate strandsof wire, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a shuttle, the combination of a frame, a spool mounted on said frame and having two strands of wire wound thereon, a removable pin for normally retaining said spool in its operative position, a spring dog or shoulder for securing said pin to said frame, yielding jaws for feeding out the wire, a shoulder provided upon each of said jaws, springs bearing against said shoulders, and stop-shoulders for preventing undue movement of said yielding jaws, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a shuttle, the combination of a frame,

v a spool removably mounted in said frame, a removable pin for normally retaining said spool in its operative position, and a spring dog or shoulder removably secured in said pin, whereby the spool is operatively retained on the pin orthe pin removed, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. In a shuttle, the combination of a frame, a spool mounted in said frame, a pin for retaining said spool in its operative position, a yielding shoulder provided upon said pin, and a countersunk shoulder in one wallof said frame for engaging the said pin, substantially as set forth.

5. In a shuttle, the combination of a frame, a spool mounted in said frame, forwardly-projecting jaws having a common hinge-point, shoulders extending on either side of said hinge-point, and springs engaging said shoulders, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

6. In a shuttle, the combination of a frame having a central opening, a double spool supported in said opening and having separate feeding strands of wire wound thereon, and spring-actuated jaws pivoted to said frame by a common hinge-point for feeding said wire, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

7. In a shuttle, the combination of a frame having a central opening, a spool supported in said opening and having separate strands of wire wound thereon, a pin passing through said spool and removably engaging the side wall of said opening, and spring-actuated jaws pivoted to the forward wall of said opening, substantially as described.

8. In a shuttle, the combination of a frame having a central opening, a spool supported IIC in said opening and having separate strands of w re wound thereon, a pinpassing through said spool and removably engaging the side wall of said opening, a spring bearing against said spool for varying its tension, and springactuated jaws pivoted to the forward wall of said opening, substantially as set forth.

9. In a shuttle, the combination of a frame, a spool mounted in said frame, and a spring bearing against said spool with projecting shuttle-jaws having a common hinge-point, shoulders projecting on either side of said hinge-point, and springs for bearing against said shoulders, substantially as and for the purpose described.

10. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of a frame, a spool mounted in said frame and having two strands of wire wound thereon, yielding shuttie-jaws providedupon said shuttle and having a common hinge-point, springs for tensioning said jaws, and mechanism for forcing said shuttle toward and away from the bottle, substantially as and for the pn rpose specified.

11. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring-machine, the combination of a frame, a spool mouute'din said frame, forwardly-projecting jaws having a common hinge-point, shoulders extending on either side of said hinge-point, springs for hearing against said shoulders, and mechanism for moving said shuttle forward and backward, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

12. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of a frame havingfeeding-jaws, a wire-carryin g spool revoluoly mounted in said frame,yielding wirefeeding jaws mounted on said frame by a common hinge-point, a shuttle-shaft, and the lever G, connected to said shaft for forcing the same forward and backward, substantially as and for the purpose described.

13. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of a frame, wire-carrying jaws mounted on said frame and having a common hinge-point, a spool mounted in said frame, a shuttle-shaft, a collar 1 through which said shaft is guided, and

a bell-crank lever I, loosely connected to said collar for raising and lowering the shaft, substantially as and for the purpose described.

1%. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiringmachine, the combination of a frame, wire-feeding jaws mounted on said frame and having a common hinge-point, a spool mounted in said frame, a shuttle-shaft, mechanism for forcing said shaft forward and backward, a loose collar on said shaft, and a lever I, loosely connected to said collar, for actuating the said shuttle-shaft upward and downward, substantially as set forth.

l 15 In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of a frame, a spool mounted in said frame, a sh little-shaft, mechanism for forcing said shaft forward and backward, a loose collar on said shaft, a lever loosely connected to said collar, a pin t on the cam II for operating said lever, and a stop 1 for preventing undue movementof said lever, substantially as described. 7

16. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination. of a frame,

a spool mounted in said frame and having two feeding'strands of wire wound thereon, feeding-jaws supportedon said frame and having a common hinge-point, and mechanism for rotating said spool, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

17. In theshuttle mechanism of abottlewiring machine, the combination of frames, revoluble spools mounted in said frames, shuttle-shafts arrai'iged at an angle with each other, mechanism,substantially as described, for forcing said shuttle-shafts forward and backward, and mechanism' for rotating said shuttle-shafts, substantially as and for the purpose described.

18. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combinationof a frame, a wire-carrier mounted in said frame, a shuttle-shaft, a lever G for forcing said shaft forward and backward, a leverI for forcing said shaft upward and downward, and mechanism for rotating said shaft, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

19. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of a frame, a spool mounted in said frame, wire-feeding jaws pivoted to said frame for feeding the wire, a shuttle-sh aft, a lever G for forcing said shaft forward and backward, a cam for operating said lever, and mechanism for raising and lowering said shuttle-shaft, substantially as and for the purpose described.

20. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of supports Qarranged atan angle with each other, means, substantially as described, for moving said supports toward and away from each other, and wire-securing jaws arranged in pairs and mounted on said supports, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

21. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottle wiring machine, the combination of supportsarranged at an angle with each other, means, substantially as described, for moving said supports toward and away from each other,

and wire-seen ring jaws arranged in pairs and sh uttlesarran ged at an angle with each other,

yielding wire-securingjaws mounted on said shuttles, and mechanism, substantially asdescribed, for actuating said jaws toward and away from each. other, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

23. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottle wiring machine, the combination of separate shuttle-shafts arranged at an angle with each other, mechanism, substantially asdcsc'ribcd,

for moving the shafts toward and away from each other, shuttle-frames mounted on the separate shafts, wire-feeding spools supported in said frames and provided with two feeding strands of wire, and a pair of feedingjaws supported on each of the separate shuttle-frames, substantially as and for the purpose described.

24. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of separate s11 Little-shafts arranged at an angle with each other, shuttle-frames mounted on the separate shafts, a pair of feeding-jaws supported on each of the separate shuttle-frames, and the following mechanisms, to wit: for actuating said shuttle-shafts toward and away from each other and for disposing said wire-feeding jaws in planes one above the other when approximated, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

25. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of supports (J, arranged at an angle with each other, means, substantially as described, for moving said supports toward and away from each other, wirersecuring jaws arranged in pairs and mounted on said supports, and means, substantially as described, for raising and lowering said supports, substantially as set forth.

26. In theshuttle mechanism of a bottle wiring machine, the combination of separate shuttles arranged at an angle with each other, means, substantially as described, for moving said shuttles toward and away from each other, separate yielding wire-securing jaws mounted on said shuttles and disposed in 7 planes one above the other when approximated, and means, substantially as described, for raising and lowering said shuttles, substantially as described.

27. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of separate shuttle-shafts arranged at an angle with each other, shuttle-frames mounted on said shafts, wire-carrying spools supported in said frames and provided with two feeding strands of -wire, a pair of wire-securing jaws mounted on said frame, and the following mechanisms, to Wit: for moving said shafts toward and away from each other and for raising and lowering said shafts, substantially as set forth. 28. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of shuttleshafts arranged at an angle with each other and wire-securing jaws supported on the separate shafts with the following mechanisms, to wit: for moving said shafts toward and away from each other, for raising and lowering said shafts, and for rotating said shafts, substantially as described.

29. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of shuttleshafts arranged at an angle with each other and wire-securing jaws supported on the separate shafts with the following mechanisms, to wit: for moving sad shafts toward and on said frames with the following mechanisms,

to wit: for moving said shafts towardand away from each other, for raising said shafts, and for rotating said shafts, substantially as and for the purpose described.

31. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of shuttleshafts arranged at an angle with each. other, shuttle-frames mounted on'said shafts, wirecarrying spools supported by said frames, and yielding wire-securing jaws mounted onsaid frames with the following mechanisms, to Wit: for moving said shafistoward and away from each other, for raising said shafts, for rotating said shafts, and for stopping the 1'0- tation of said shuttle-shafts when the said wire-securing jaws are in a horizontal plane, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

32. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of a frame, awire-carrier mounted in said frame, a shuttle-shaft, a gear provided upon said shuttleshaft, a loose gear engaging the former gear, and a clutch-dog for locking said loose gear to its actuating-shaft, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of a wirecarrier, a shuttle-shaft, a gear mounted upon said shaft, a loose gear engaging the former gear, a disk fixed to said loose-gear shaft, and a clutch-dog for locking said loose gear and fixed disk, substantially as and for the purpose described.

34. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of a Wirecarrier, a shuttle-shaft,a gear mounted upon said shaft,a loose gear for engaging with the former gear, a disk fixed to said loose-gear shaft, a clutch-dog for connecting said loose gear, a second shaft adjacent to the former, a fixed disk upon the latter shaft, and alever for throwing said dog out of engagement, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

35. In the shuttle. mechanism of a bottle wiring machine, the combination of a wirecarrier, a shuttle-shaft, a gear mounted upon said shaft, a loose gear for engaging with the former gear, a disk fixed to said loose-gear shaft, a clutch-dog for connecting said loose gear, a fixed disk, a lever for throwing said dog out of engagement, a cam for operating said lever,an d mechanism for moving said.

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shuttle-shaft forward and backward, substantially as and for the purpose described.

36. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of a frame, a wire-carrier mounted in said frame, a shuttle-shaft, mechanism, substantially as described, for raising and lowering said shuttleshaft, a gear provided upon said shuttle-shaft, a loose gear engaging the former gear, and a clutch-clog for locking said loose gear to its actuating-shaft, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

87. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of a wirecarrier, a shuttle-shaft, mechanism for raising and lowering said shaft, a gear mount-ed upon the shuttle-shaf t, a loose gear for engaging the former gear, a disk fixed to said loose-gear shaft, a clutch-dog for connecting said loose gear, a fixed disk, a lever for throwing said dog out of engagement, a cam for opening said lever, and mechanism for moving said shuttleshaft forward and backward, substantially as and for the purpose set fort-h.

38. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of shuttleshafts arranged at an angle with each other and yielding wire-securing jaws supported by each of said shafts with the following mechanisms, to wit: for actuating said jaws forward to encircle the bottle, for actuating said jaws backward from around the bottle, for actuating said jaws backward slowly when clear of the bottle, for then quickly actuating said jaws after their slow retraction, and for rotating the shuttle-shaft during the slow and quick withdrawal of said jaws to form tight and loose twists of the wire, substantially as specified.

39. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of a shuttleshaft and yielding wire-securing jaws supported by said shaft with the following mechanisms, to wit: for actuating said jaws forward to encircle the bottle, for actuating said jaws backward from around the bottle, for actuating said jaws backward slowly when clear of the bottle, for then quickly actuating said jaws after their slow retraction, for rotating the shuttle-shaft during the slow and quick withdrawal of said jaws to form tight and loose twists of the wire, for stopping the backward movement of the shuttle-shaft, and for rotating the shuttle-shaft after the stoppage of its backward movement to form a tight twist next to the loose twist, substantially as set forth.

40. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of shuttleshafts arranged at an angle with each other and yielding wire-securing jaws supported by each of said shafts with the following mechanisms, to wit: for actuating said jaws forward to encircle the bottle, for actuating said jaws backward from around the bottle, for actuating said jaws backward slowly when clear of the bottle, for then quickly actuating anisms, to wit: for actuating said jaws forward to encircle the bottle, for actuating said jaws backwardfrom around the bottle, for actuating 'said jaws backward slowly when clear of the bottle, for then quickly actuating said jaws after their slow retraction, for rotating the shuttle-shaft during the slow and quick withdrawal of said jaws to form tight and loose twists of the wire, a cutoff for cutting off the wire between said tight twists, and connected mechanism between the cut-off and the foregoing parts, substantially as and for the purpose described.

42. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottle wiring machine, the combination of shuttleshafts arranged at an angle with each other and yielding wire-securin g jaws supported by each of said shafts with the following mechanisms, to wit: for actuating said jaws forward to encircle the bottle, for actuating said jaws backward from around the bottle, for actuating said jaws backward slowly when clear of the bottle, for then quickly actuating said jaws after their slow retraction, for rotatin g the shuttle-shaft during the slow and quick withdrawal of said jaws to form tight and loose twists of the wire, for stopping the backward movement of the shuttle-shaft, and for rotating the shuttle-shaft after the stoppage of its backward movement to form a tight twist next to the loose twist, a cut-off for cutting off the wire between said tight twists, and connected mechanism between the cut-off and the foregoing parts, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

43. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination, with wire securing jaws, shafts arranged at an angle with each other for supporting said jaws, and means, substantially as described, for rotating said shafts and twisting the wire, of cams II, connected to said shafts for actuating the same forward and backward, said cams havin portions thereof of varying contour adapted to move the said shafts with varying speed when rotating, substantially as set forth.

44:. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottle wiring machine, the combination of wire-securing jaws, shafts arranged at an angle with each other for supporting said jaws, and means, substantially as described, for rotating said shafts with cams II, connected to said shafts for actuating the same forward and backward, said cams having the portions 71/,

h, 7L2, 7r, 7t, and h, of different contour,for actuating the said shafts with varying speed, substantially as and for the pu'pose described.

45. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of wire-securing jaws, shafts arranged at an angle with each other for supporting said jaws, and

means, substantially as described, for rotating said shaft and twisting the wire, mechanism for actuating the shafts forward and backward with varying speed for varying the twist of the wire, and a clutch interposed between said rotating means and actuating mechanism, substantiallj as and for the purpose specified.

46. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine,the combination, with wire-securing jaws, shafts arranged at an angle with each other for supporting said jaws, and means, substantially as described, for rotating said shafts and twisting the wire, of cams II, connected to said shafts for actuating the same forward and backward, said cams having portions thereof of varying contour adapted to move the said shafts with varying speed when rotating, a cut-off for cutting the wire from the wire-securing jaws, and connected mechanism between said cutoff and shaft-actuating mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4'7. The combination, with wire-securing jaws, shafts arranged at an angle with each other for supporting said jaws, and cams H, connected to said shafts for forcing the same forward and backward, said cams having actuating portions thereof of different contour for varying the speed of the shafts, of the following mechanisms, to wit: for rotating said shafts and for raising and lowering said shafts, substantially as and for the purpose described.

48. The combination of yielding wire-securing jaws, shuttle-shafts arranged at an angle with each other for supporting said jaws, levers G for forcing said shafts forward and backward, cams having actuating portions of varying contour for operating said levers, mechanism for raising and lowering said shuttle-shafts, a cut-off for cutting off the wire, and connected mechanism between said shuttle-shafts and cut-off, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

49. The combination of a shuttle, a shuttleshaft, a lever G for forcing said shaft forward and backward, a cam for operating said lever, a lever I for raising and lowering said shuttle-shaft, jaws for holding the wire, mechanism for rotating said shuttle-shaft. and connected mechanism between the foregoing parts, substantially as and for the purpose described.

50. The combination of a shuttle, a shuttleshaft, a lever G for forcing said shaft for ward and backward, a cam for operating said lever, a lever I for raising and lowering said shaft, cut-off jaws for cutting off the wire, wire-holding jaws for holding the wire, mechanism for rotating the shuttleshaft and connected mechanism between the foregoing parts, substantially as set forth.

51. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of supports 0, arranged at an angle with each other, means, substantially as described, for moving said supports toward and away from each other, wire-securing jaws arranged in pairs and mounted on said supports, wire-cutters movable into and out of the path of said wiresecuring jaws, and connected mechanism between the foregoing parts, substantially as and for the purpose described.

52. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of separate shuttles arranged at an angle with each other, spring-actuated jaws mounted on said shuttles, mechanism, substantially as described, for actuating said jaws toward and away from each other, wire-cutters movable into and out of the path of the Wiresecuring jaws, and connected mechanism between the foregoing parts, substantially as set fort-h.

53. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of supports C, arranged at an angle with each other, means, substantially as described, for moving said supports toward and away from each other, wire-securing jaws arranged in pairs and mounted on said supports, separate wirecutters interposed between said supports and movable into and out of the path of said wiresecuriug jaws, and connected mechanism between the foregoing parts, substantially as set forth.

54. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of separate shuttles arranged at an angle with each other, yielding jaws mounted on said shut-tles, mechanism, substantially as described, for actuating said jaws toward and away from each .other, wire-securing jaws arranged in pairs and mounted on said supports, wire-cutters for cutting off the wire, and connected mechanism between the foregoing parts, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

55. In the shuttle mechanism of a bottlewiring machine, the combination of separate sh u ttle-shafts arranged at an angle with each other, shuttle-frames mounted on the separate shafts, a pair of feeding-jaws supported on the separate shuttle-frames, and the following mechanisms, to wit: for actuating said shuttle-shafts toward and away from each other and for disposing said wire-feeding jaws in planes one above the other when approximated, wire-cutters movable into and out of the path of the wire-securing jaws, and connected mechanism between the foregoing parts, substantially as and for the purpose described.

56. The combination of a shuttle, a shuttleshaft, alever G for operating said shaft forward and backward, oscillating levers M and N, holding-jaws U U, cutting-jaws \V W, mechanism for rotating said shuttle-shaft, and connected mechanism between the foregoing parts, substantially as described.

57. The combination of a shuttle, a shuttleshaft, a lever G for operating said shaft forward and backward, oscillating levers M and N, holding-jaws U and U, cutting-jaws W and W, a cross-head R for operating said 1evers M and N, mechanism for rotating the shuttle-shaft, and connected mechanism between the foregoing parts, substantially as and for the purpose described.

58. The combination of shuttles arranged at an angle with each other, shuttle-shafts, and the following mechanisms, to wit: for raisthe foregoing parts, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names, in the presence of two attesting witnesses, at Rochester, in the county of Monroe, in the State of New York, this 10th day of September, 1889.

HENRY LACASSE. SOL. WILE. Witnesses:

A. E. PARSONS, FRANK M. GOFF. 

